Ditch The Coppers

domtheone

UKIP are firmly against this as their voters won't know what else to use on scratchcards.

raduv1

^^^
That would make more sense if it said Labour!

I think they’ll be gone within 5 years if current levels of inflation persist.

EarthRod

How dare you , true Labour would never stoop so low , health lottery or postcode maybe but never scratch cards .

raduv1

Inflation?

I remember when tuppenny-ha'penny farthing would buy an ice cream.

...And you would get a farthing change from a thrupenny bit.

Bl4ckGryph0n

Now now this is Monty territory and you be cribbing here  .

Dony

It doesn't have to be a problem, but yes I think British culture means it will change pricing and things will get rounded up.

Take Turkey or Armenia, two countries where I know the penny has gone as a coin but exists in pricing, the pricing remains the same. But if something is say 10.01 it gets rounded down, as it does when it is 10.19 etc. But when you pay by card it gets charged

I must admit I wonder how the bookkeeping works in such situations, but it shows that it can be done. I wish we go to paper money only. Coins are horrible for your clothing, too heavy, make noise, stink etc...Or better, just go digital.

imightbewrong

Ireland got rid of 1c and 2c coins and I've never noticed a difference. As per wiki...

Beginning on Wednesday 28 October 2015 Ireland followed The Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Hungary and, in introducing so-called Swedish rounding.[6] While individual prices are still shown and summed up with 1-cent precision, the total sum is then rounded to the nearest 5 cents when paying with cash. Sums ending in 1, 2, 6 and 7 cents are rounded down; sums ending in 3, 4, 8 and 9 cents are rounded up.

No reason why the same system couldn't be used for £stg.

domtheone

Ditch.

Q. Does this Swedish round happen if it's a card payment?

A. No - according to that link.  So it would hardly affect the price of things anyway, except for people that still use that old paper/metal money

krish

So still the same prices with card.   Rounding if it's cash.

Fine with me.  Would probably accelerate the move towards cashless too.

I guess we'll dither on the decision for several years first and then go for it.

Greg Hook

I suppose the Kippers will learn to use their Electron cards as scratchcard scrapers